Helle Wijk, who conducts research on the physical design of the health care environment at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, has been promoted to Professor. Together with her research team, she investigates the importance of health care, rehabilitation and well-being in many areas, such as childbirth care, special youth homes, legal psychiatry and in ordinary housing for elderly in need of home care. Helle Wijk holds a combination-position as a University Nurse at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and is also affiliated to the Center for Care Architecture (CVA) at Chalmers.